Posted on 03/29/2016 3:25:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, locked in a fierce Republican Party presidential nomination fight, will fire up the North Dakota GOP faithful with a speech at this weekend’s state party convention in Fargo and make his play for the state’s unbound national delegates.
Cruz will be the main keynote speaker of the convention, speaking at about 1 p.m. Saturday at Scheels Arena in Fargo. Party officials expect more than 1,800 delegates at the convention.
“We’re just really excited that the presidential candidates are interested and having a presidential candidate able to speak,” North Dakota Republican Party Chairman Kelly Armstrong said.
The appearance by Cruz comes as the fight over delegates for the GOP nomination gets down to the wire and states such as North Dakota become more critical to securing the party’s nomination.
As of Tuesday, frontrunner Donald Trump led Cruz in delegates by a 739 to 465 margin; 1,237 are needed to clinch the nomination.
North Dakota’s 28 delegates aren’t bound to any candidate. The North Dakota GOP is not sponsoring a caucus this year.
Armstrong said he couldn’t speak for the Cruz campaign but said, “I assume he’s going to come here and make his case.”
Cruz’ father, Rafael Cruz, visited North Dakota on Monday and Tuesday, stumping for his son, with stops in Fargo, Valley City, Jamestown and Bismarck. The elder Cruz is a Cuban native who left the country in 1957 after fighting in the country’s revolution that brought long-time leader Fidel Castro to power. Rafael Cruz is now a pastor.
Ted Cruz, 45, was born in Calgary and is a first-term senator from Texas. He received his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and his law degree from Harvard Law School. He later served as a clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
He served as an adviser on former President George W. Bush’s campaign in 2000.
Cruz also served in roles with the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission in the early 2000s before becoming solicitor general in Texas from 2003-2008.
In 2012, he was elected to the Senate. His election was considered one of the major upsets of that election cycle.
He’s married and has two children.
Retired neurosurgeon and former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson will be speaking on Sunday morning. Since leaving the race, Carson has spoken in support of Trump.
State party Executive Director Roz Leighton echoed Armstrong’s words about the level of interest in North Dakota from current and former candidates.
“It just goes to show that North Dakota does play a role in the presidential race,” Leighton said.
Leighton said the party also on Tuesday made 800 guest passes to the convention available on a first-come, first-served basis. The $25 passes will be good for both Saturday and Sunday.
Information about the guest passes is available at www.ndgop.org or through the state party’s Facebook page.
One thing about it, it doesn’t take much of a speech writer to just whine about Trump being a poopy head for 60 minutes.
Sorry but when you wrap yourself in the mantle of Christianity but refuse to honestly answer question regarding your behavior ,your campaign is essentially a dead man walking. Most people can care less about your sex life. However nobody but nobody likes a phony or a hypocrite..
“I did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Carpenter.”
Maybe he can point a crooked finger for emphasis. That should about cover it.
Cruz is following the Elmer Gantry script more closely than I had originally thought.
And ND next door to Canada, eh.
So you won’t support him when he’s the nominee?
“The elder Cruz is a Cuban native who left the country in 1957 after fighting in the country’s revolution that brought long-time leader Fidel Castro to power. “
There are Cruz people that still think Trump’s dad was part of the KKK.
But this guy? Oh man, he’s seen as a rock star!
Cruz still out maneuvering the field while Trump is caught in his own lies. He is about to find out that Cruz is not the one with a “Woman” problem.
Do you know even one thing about Batista?
Your command of geography is astonishing. Your knowledge of the wording of America the Beautiful, not so much.
I get it, you want to change our great song to:
“North America the Beautiful” to include Ted.
I will support any nominee of the Republican Party. It will be an unmitigated disaster for the United States if another Democrat becomes President and solidifies their control of Federal regulatory agencies and the judiciary. It is incredibly frustrating that the Republican Party has not been able to develop a consensus leader to take the lead and rally the American people. IMHO Cruz is simply not electable. Trump has a shady personal and professional past. Yet if he is the nominee while he will lose some Republican voters , he has been attracting huge numbers of Democrats and Independents and strangely enough more minority voters than any Republican in recent memory. His flawed and the MSM, the Left and other vested interests will do all they can to defeat him. They may succeed. However, there just isn’t any other Republican on the horizon who in the end can put together the necessary coalition to defeat the Democrats/Socialists.
Do you know anything about Castro?
Yes. He had millions of people fooled before he sided with the Soviets.
IF Ted gets the 1,237 delegates on the first vote I will support him.
If he is “installed” as the candidate after falling far short of 900, I will write Trump in and vote against every R on my ballot in the general election.
And if you think actively campaigning for a contested convention is “conservatism”, I am no longer a “conservative” in the neocon definition.
From an early thread:
Sounds like Pa was not a fighter for his country or loyal to his women, and an opportunist. All may be inherited characteristics.
Pa-He claimed to be an enemy of the Batista regime and loyal to Fidel Castro, but when they began to fight, he chose ‘flight’ to Texas. Got himself some higher education. Four years later, being subject to the Vietnam War draft, he chose ‘flight’ to Canada. Leaving a booming Texas oil economy w his lil woman in tow.
Pa purportedly had married an American woman while still remaining a Cuban with a Refuge-status card. Pa remarries a second American citizen, Eleanor, and they emigrate north to Canada. They call their baby ‘Felito’ as in little Fidel. Pa reportedly deserts his wife and baby ‘Felito’ age 3 in the foreign country (Canada). They eventually reunite in Texas. In 2005, after nearly 50 years post-Cubano and timed with Felito-Ted’s entrance to politics, Pa becomes a US citizen.
Well, let’s return to the 70’s. Suppose something had happened to Felito’s Mama? Papa and young Felito could have flown directly to Havana and they both would have been accepted as Cuban citizens. Or, What if they stayed another 10-20 years in Canada? - You don’t come waltzing in as a NBC American.
That dog don’t hunt!
Yep, the GOPe is all in for Cruz (until he’s served his purpose).
No, I just have never seen a “gracious” sky. I much prefer the actual phrase in the song.
... just like I figured.
No knowledge of the facts.
Please do not spam my pings any more tonight.
Thank you
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